"A clock struck out the hour of twelve,……" — Patrick MacGill
"A clock struck out the hour of twelve, and the bird in the hedgerow was still singing as we marched out to the roadway, and followed our merry pipers home to town."
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11 Quotes by Patrick MacGill
Patrick MacGill has 11 quotes on this site.
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To the soldier, luck is merely another word for skill.
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Divisional exercise is a great game of make-believe.
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Even the distribution of rations leaves much to be desired; the fatigue party, well-intentioned and sympathetic though it be, often…
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There comes a moment on a journey when something sweet, something irresistible and charming as wine raised to thirsty lips,…
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Every battalion has its marching songs.
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Save for minor ailments and accident, my battalion is practically immune from sickness; colds come and go as a matter…
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The soldiers' last meal is generally served out about five o'clock in the afternoon, sometimes earlier; and a stretch of…
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Marching thus at night, a battalion is doubly impressive. The silent monster is full of restrained power; resolute in its…
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Few men could explain why they enlisted, and if they attempted they might only prove that they had done as…
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I am one of the million or more male residents of the United Kingdom, who a year ago had no…
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Gliders, sail planes, they're wonderful flying machines. It's the closest you can come to being a bird.
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Birds are the most popular group in the animal kingdom. We feed them and tame them and think we know…
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I can scarcely manage to scribble a tolerable English letter. I know that I am not a scholar, but meantime…
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It is a matter of shame that in the morning the birds should be awake earlier than you.
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If it looks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, we have at least to consider the possibility that…
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What law, what reason can deny that gift so sweet, so natural that God has given a stream, a fish,…
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Since I had my gastric bypass surgery in 1998, I eat like a bird. Unfortunately, that bird is a California…
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I'm youth, I'm joy, I'm a little bird that has broken out of the egg.
— James M. Barrie
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I used to live a very social life and never spend much solitary time looking at birds or reading.
— Lynda Barry
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A fish may love a bird, but where would they live?
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